easy to compare a lot of images from both models on http://
stableboost.ai , e.g. "cute dog cooking tacos, photorrealistic", grid of boosted images from 1.5 (left) and 2.0 (right). 2.0 looking more distorted, cartoony, simpler, ignores text more. may need more prompt engineering
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Comparing Stable Diffusion 1.5 vs 2.0 Image Generation Quality
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Stable Diffusion 2.0 Shows Quality Decline Compared to 1.5
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plot twist: stable diffusion 2.0 looks quite a bit worse on the few prompts i've tried so far compared to 1.5 (even not including celebrities/artists). Running theory seems to be this is due to an aggressive data sanitization campaign since the original release (?).
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Current Limitations of Image Output Sizes and Scheduler Options
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It doesn't yet support a few things. It only outputs 512 and 768 sized images, doesn't support init_image or mask, and it only has Euler and DDIM schedulers.
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Stable Diffusion 2.0 Release Now Available on Replicate
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Congrats @StabilityAI on the Stable Diffusion 2.0 release. We've got an early version to try on Replicate:
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Dialect-robust Evaluation of Generated Text
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Dialect-robust Evaluation of Generated Text Sun et al.: https://
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Tools Progress Cannot Eliminate Essential Complexity in Masterwork Creation
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Every John Henry will eventually fall to more powerful tools, but many tasks will still have an essential complexity that is still daunting even after removing all the ephemeral issues, so I am dubious about any random person being able to create masterworks.
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Exploring LAION CLIP Dataset for Keyword Discovery Methods
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is there a way to explore LAION/CLIP so that we can more quickly uncover the key words?
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Dreambooth Model Training Results with 22 Dog Photos
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I trained dreambooth on just 22 pictures of my pup and I'm amazed by the results!
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First Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against GitHub Copilot
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The first class action lawsuits against GitHub Copilot have been filed https://actuia.com/actualite/les-premieres-plaintes-collectives-contre-github-copilot-ont-ete-deposees/
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Meta Research Building Open Source AI Alternative
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Maybe someone at Meta Research could be tasked with building an open source alternative? It would surely give Meta Research more prominence, containing many strong researchers and thus being near the top of the list.